Parsnipity Cafe in the Epic Center is becoming known for its lumpia, a fried Filipino spring roll, and is experimenting with lots of crazy flavors it will serve on Oct. 31 during a “LumpiaPalooza.” This one is stuffed with macaroni and cheese with bacon. Courtesy photo

Parsnipity Cafe in the Epic Center is becoming known for its lumpia, a fried Filipino spring roll, and is experimenting with lots of crazy flavors it will serve on Oct. 31 during a “LumpiaPalooza.” This one is stuffed with macaroni and cheese with bacon. Courtesy photo

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A Parsnipity Cafe employee demonstrates how to roll lumpia, a specialty on its menu. (Video courtesy of Parsnipity Cafe)

“Lumpia was at every single party and every single potluck,” she said. “I just loved it. Everyone loves lumpia. I continued to make it throughout the years, and every time I took it to a party, it would be gone in minutes.”

When she opened Parsnipity Cafe, her new restaurant inside the Epic Center at 301 N. Main, last month, Wilson made lumpia a star on her menu. One of her more popular dishes is the traditional lumpia she sells that’s stuffed with ground beef, carrots, onions, celery, salt and pepper and served with a side of homemade sweet and sour sauce. (An order of three is $3.79.)

It’s so popular, in fact, that Wilson and her small staff are taking lumpia to the next level. On Oct. 31, they’re putting on a “LumpiaPalooza” where they’ll sell 20 different varieties of the treat stuffed with all kinds of wild sweet and savory ingredients.

From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. that day, customers can sample as many of the lumpia varieties they want for $1.50 apiece. If it’s successful, Wilson plans to make LumpiaPalooza a once-a-month event.

She also plans to start selling orders of take-and-bake lumpia by the dozen so people can take them to parties and holiday dinners. She needs a few days’ notice and will sell the regular flavor for $20 a dozen and designer lumpia for $25 a dozen. Call 316-768-6139 to place an order.

Though Wilson sells a wide variety of dishes at Parsnipity Cafe, she’s becoming known for her lumpia, which is a rare find in Wichita.

She’s good with that and even dreams of an eventual lumpia food truck.

“We can almost not keep enough of it rolled,” she said. “Whenever there’s a